Turned shoe.



I. A. BEAL.

TURNED SHOE.

APPLIoATIoNnLBD APE. s, 190s.

59%,5019 Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

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FRANK enanos HiivERHiLL, MAlssAoHnsETTsiissienon' moroni-Link AnnlwiL-f.l Lis n. HANsooM, 0F HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS, ooPAiarNERs As .BrianaHanscom.

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' l l Speccationof Lget'terslPatentl Application 'sled pu e, 190efSeriana-126,058: A "1 To all whom/t mafl/oncern: ,"L j. 1 Be it known'that I', FRANK'A. BEAL, a citizen of the lUnited States, residing .atHaverhill, countyzot' Essexf and State of'Massachusetts,'have inventedanflinproveinent in Turned IShoes, of which the following description,in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, is a specification, likeletters on. the drawing representing like parts;

This invention relates to turned shoes and has lfor its object toprovidea 'novel vturned shoe .which has all the appearance and many of theadvantages :ofka welt shoe. t v A turned shoe is generally'muchmoreliexiblethan a welt shoe; arid for this reason itisv an easiershoelto weary but as commonly made the sole of thejturned shoe isprovided with a channel to form a`shoulder to sew the upperto andbecause of this the thickness'ol the sole which is availablefor wear isnia'- terially reduced.

A Welt shoe" can be and usually 'is made,

with an extension ed'geya feature which vcan- 'not be embodied 1n aturned shoe as ord1- narily made. Moreover, 'in the welt shoelthe manneroise-Wing the outsole to the weltiis such that thefentire' thickness ofthe outsole p is available for wearwhi'ch'is an advantage..."

-A turned shoe embodying my present in'- vention has the desiredflexibility of van ordinary turned shoe and kat the same time ithas theappearanceof a welt shoe andfhas'the advantage over ordinary turnedshoes 'that the entirethickness of the sole is-,avfail'able for wear.

-In making-my improved shoel lirst sew or otherwise secure a welt tofthetop .of the sole.,

and then I sew, the upper wrong side out to the top off the welt bymeans .of stitches that interlock with the stitches or fasteniri'gnieansthat secure the welt to the sole. The upper is sewed to the welt in sucha way that after the shoe is turned right sideoutVthe outer edge of thewelt projects beyond. the ufpper in the same manner as that ofanordinary welt shoe does, thus giving to the shoe the appearance of' awelt shoe. The interlocking of the stitches that .sew the welt to thesole with the stitches that sew the upper to the welt locks both sets ofstitches firmly in place and makes a very strong shoe in .which thestitches are not at all liable t0 be` pulled out even if they becomebroken. f

Referring to the drawings wherein I have shown some embodiments ofmyYinvention,

Figure top' view of a sole? l of myj'impioved shoes, said-sole having:welt Vsewed thereto; Fig. 2"is a similar A'viewshowing the welt' sewedall the wayaround the sole;` Fig. .Seis section through the sole on theline ig. tis asection' through the sole on the same4 line :c--9, showing`the up'persewedwrong side out to the welt; Fig.y

5 is a transverse 'sectionof the shoe laerit `v has been turned; Fig. 6is an enlargedlsection on substantially the line o o', 5*; Fig.` 7

is a view similar tFi'g'. 5 showing another 1 Way of securing the weltand sole' together Y In making 'a' turned shoe in accordance with myinventionl firsttake a ysole 3 and se-,

cure thereto a welt 4', This welt may be;

either applied at'the front p'ortiononlyof the.

sole where the sleis most liable to wear, as,y v

shown in Fig. 1,in`which case :the sl lankand heel portion of the s olewill be channeledat 5' in 'usual in'anner, 'or the weltV maybe .ex-

tended clear around the sole,E as shownfin Fig.

The inner edge 6 ol thewelt l convstitutes. the shoulder towhichtlienipperfis'v sewed, and the usepoiE the'weltin"thiswayfob-- isoviates the Anecessity of y 'channeling ',the vsole` f at theportionwhere the'veltis located. The

welt" is preferably secured to the `sole befarranged vertically, asshownlin Fig.

The advantage of placing' thesxtitches'v ing: an

inclined position willjbegreferred tolater ont After; the welt hasfbeensewed to the sole, as-` above described, the` up 'crQ15is stitchedito,the weltgby 4Stitches, 11., lt e edgeofthe'up'pei" forthe stitchingoperation, as shownin to the .Welt enter. th'ewe'l'tV at thelowe'i-inner being" drawn overV the top-srface ol the-weltif l 4.; 'Thev stitches y 11 y. which unite the flipper cornenthejreof, passlnpwardlythrough jthe welt andfefdgeofthe'upperin aninclined direction, andemerge from the upper and welt at a point situated outside of the lineof stitches 7. Said stitches l1 and 7 thus cross each other, the oint ofcrossing being situated in the bod;T of the Welt and between the top andbottom surface thereof. The crossing of the two lines of stitches inthis Way causes the stitches of one line to interlock with those of theother as illustrated in Fig. 6 although in practice the stitches of thetwo lines of sti/tolling will not necessarily be soevenly spaced withreference to eachother v the up er to theWelt and also forv stitching ithe We t to thesole.

character is used, the crossing stitches 7 and 11 of the two lilies ofstitches become interlooked iirmly .together so thateven though any 4ofthe stitches shouldbecome broken,

yet thejinterlocking of the stitches would hold the remaining stitchesfirmly and thus prevent the shoe from giving way. This 'interlocking ofthe stitches 7 and 1l I regard as of considerable limportance as it addsgreatly to the durability' of the shoe.

'I prefer to arrange the stitches 7in'an inclined" direction, as shown,because this brings the lower portions 8 of the stitches comparativelynear the edge of the sole and prevents the 4welt and sole fromseparating at the edge and at the saine time 1t brings thef upperportion 9 of thestitches well toward the inner edge of the welt and thuspre'- vents the welt from pulling up from the sole when the shoe is inuse. Moreover, by making these stitches 7 inclined it is keasier to:cause theftwo lines of stitches to interlock with each other. f It iswithin my Y'invention, however, to make the stitches 7 extend verticallyfrom the sole and welt, as shown in'Fig. 7 although I regardtheembodiment shown in Fig. 5 as preferable. -A'shoe made in this 'Wayhas a Welt extending-out beyond the upper and Where the welt extendsaround the front portion of the sole only, such ad shoe has all theappearance of anordinary Goodyear welt shoe and can be'tapped in thesameA way that a welt shoe can. It ismuch more flexible lthan a weltshoeand hasvotherdesirable qualities; The drawings show the' welt asextending entirely around the sole which is a construction that is`adaptable for gymnasium or similar shoes. It is immaterial to myinvention, however, Whether the welt extends clear around the sole oraround the front portion only.

inner edge 6 of the welt. The advantage of- VVhere thread of this iusing such a lining of canvas is that it strengthens the welt at thepoint where the upper is sewed thereto and acts to prevent the stitches11 from cutting the welt.

I have not attempted to show all'embodiments of my invention, but havemerely shown and described suiiicient to illustrate the rinciplethereof.

T ie welt may be made of leather or of any suitable material.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let- -ters Patent is 1. A turned shoe com rising a sole havinga welt attached thereto ystitches that ass through both the welt and thesole, an an upper having its edges overl ing the top of the inner edgeof the welt an stitched thereto by stitches which enter .the welt'at ornear the lower inner corner thereof and pass upwardly through the weltand upper 1n an inclineddirection and emerge on the upper side of theupper at a point outside of the stitches lthat unite the welt to thesole.

2. A turned shoe comprising a sole and a welt sewed-'together bystitches which incline downwardly and outwardly from near the inner edgeof .the top of the welt to near the'outer edge of the sole at thebottom, and

`an upper stitched to the welt by stitches that cross or'interlock withthe stitches that unite the welt to the sole.

3. A turned shoe comprising a' sole having a welt sewed to the topthereof by stitches which extend through the welt and sole, a canvaslining for the sole, said lining overlying the inner edge of the welt,and .an upper having its edges overlying the top of the inner edge ofthe welt and stitched thereto by stitches which enter the welt at ornear the lower inner corner thereof and pass upwardly through the weltand up )er 1n an inclined direction and emerge on t i'e top of the

